Nalanda Temple Stampede:
A tragic stampede at the Maa Sheetla Mandir in Nalanda, Bihar, resulted in the deaths of eight women as massive crowds overwhelmed local barricades.The stampede occurred at the Maa Sheetla Mandir in Maghra village, Nalanda district, during a religious gathering. As the volume of visitors surged, the existing barricades came under extreme pressure and eventually failed.The lack of effective crowd management led to a sudden panic, causing pilgrims to push one another and fall, resulting in eight fatalities and numerous injuries.Nearly 4,000 stampede events have been officially recorded in India over the last three decades.According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data from 2000 to 2022, a total of 3,074 lives have been lost in such incidents.The NCRB has been consistently collecting specific data on stampede incidents across the country since 1996. In the year 2025 alone, approximately 90 people lost their lives in various crowd crush events across India.
